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Xeno Harbor Resources, Inc., a Philippine-registered corporation, has 60% Filipino-owned capital and 40% foreign-owned capital. It signs a concession contract with the State to explore and develop offshore petroleum deposits within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The government approves the concession. After ten months, a Filipino minority investor challenges the validity of the concession, arguing that Xeno Harbor’s ownership structure does not satisfy the constitutional requirement for private participation in exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources and the ownership requirement. (b) Apply the rule to Xeno Harbor’s ownership structure and determine whether the concession complies with the constitutional requirement. (c) If the Filipino ownership is nominal and foreigners exercise real control through a trust or nominee arrangement, discuss how the courts would evaluate compliance and what consequences could follow.

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If there is a nominal Filipino ownership with real foreign control through a trust arrangement, the remedy is typically to renegotiate terms to achieve Filipino control and potentially reallocate shares to Filipino interests; the concession may be challenged but not automatically voided without court proceedings. For offshore resources in the EEZ, foreign-owned private entities may be granted concessions if the government determines national interests require it, so the ownership structure is ancillary to approval. The controlling doctrine requires private participation in exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources to be at least 60% Filipino-owned of the outstanding capital; and when foreigners exercise real control through a trust or nominee arrangement, the courts will disregard the nominal Filipino ownership and treat the concession as non-compliant, with consequences such as termination or reallocation to Filipino interests. The controlling rule is that ownership and control are determined solely by the nationality of the contracting company; as long as the contract is with a Philippine-registered entity, the concession is valid irrespective of foreign influence on management.

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